Aerospace, Defence & Marine
A lunar excavator built by Interlune and Vermeer processes 100 metric tons of Moon rock per hour, targeting NASA's Moon Base programme by 2028.
Deep dive: Adapting Earthmoving Machinery for One-Sixth Gravity
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
The US Army's 3D printed barracks at Fort Bliss mark the largest robotic construction deployment in military history, built four times faster than normal.
Deep dive: The Physics and Logistics Behind 3D Printed Barracks
Health
HemaDyne, an accordion blood flow pump developed at Texas A&M, replicates human arterial waveforms on lab-on-a-chip systems with millisecond precision.
Deep dive: how the accordion blood flow pump works
Construction & Infrastructure
How are engineers installing the HS2 M42 twin box structure over a live motorway? Discover the modular construction and A-level physics behind this massive…
Deep dive: inside the HS2 M42 twin box structure
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
The Lower Thames Crossing tunnel boring machine will be Europe's largest at 16.4m diameter, built by Herrenknecht to dig the UK's longest road tunnel.
Deep dive: How the Lower Thames Crossing tunnel boring machine works
Aerospace, Defence & MarineInnovation
JetZero has started assembling its full-scale blended wing body aircraft demonstrator Jet1 in Mojave, promising 50% lower fuel burn for airlines.
Deep dive: why blended wing body aircraft burn less fuel
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
A modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot named Pemba completed a volcano climb to 6,200 metres on Ecuador's Chimborazo, testing extreme-altitude robotics.
Deep dive: Building a Robot That Survives at 6,200 Metres
Construction & Infrastructure
Engineers completed a world-first £23M Severn Tunnel overhead line upgrade, replacing 9,000 metres of wiring in one of Britain's most corrosive rail environments.
Deep dive: Overhead Line Equipment and the Challenge of Undersea Electrification
Energy & Environment
Rolls-Royce SMR selects Škoda JS and Doosan Enerbility to manufacture reactor pressure vessels for Britain's first small modular reactors at Wylfa, Wales.
Deep dive: What makes a small modular reactor different?
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Northwestern University engineers have created printed artificial neurons that generate realistic electrical signals capable of activating living brain cells.
Deep dive: How Printed Artificial Neurons Work
Aerospace, Defence & MarineBreakthroughs
SpaceX's Starship V3 test flight launched from Starbase Texas, standing 124m tall with 33 Raptor 3 engines and carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites.
Deep dive: How 33 Engines Talk to One Computer
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
A £19M Olympic Park footbridge has opened at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, a 44-metre single-span steel structure floated into position by pontoon.
Deep dive: Single-Span Steel Bridge Design